Apple’s a pretty big company when it comes to big companies, and they’ve got a few bucks, and perhaps even more history and experience when it comes to design thanks to all the folks at HQ building devices, stores, and spaceship-like campuses.
But Apple’s tendencies towards architecture, which stand out all over the globe with intricately designed Apple retail stores, usually lean more towards its own agencies, and not as a helping hand in designing, or paying for, other pieces of designed structure. According to an article published within The Architects’ Journal, which was surfaced byBusiness Insider, that didn’t stop London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, from taking a trip over to California and talking to some executives at Apple.
The article states that, back in 2013, Johnson took a secret trip to Cupertino in order to pitch the idea of the “Garden Bridge,” which is planned to stretch over the River Thames, to Apple’s executives. He did this before he had received official backing from his office, so, ultimately, he didn’t need Apple’s help, but it is still a pretty interesting story.
The London Mayor’s office did confirm in the article that a meeting with Apple did take place, and that the conversation centered around “investment opportunities,” but Apple wasn’t on board, it seems, right from the get go, saying it had “no involvement in this bridge project and is not considering getting involved.”
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